Doctrine: God's servants must be both firm and feeling. They are given a perspective by which they can detect error, and they are given grace to resist and alleviate error.
Exegesis: The ways of the pastoral servants: he discharges his loving and leading role (v. 24); he states the truth (to erring people) (v. 25); he seeks the welfare of eternal souls (v. 26).
Further application: How the spirit of the pastoral servant is to permeate the whole church: first, by observing God's blessing on His (the Lord's) ministry; then, by fearing to oppose the doctrine of the God of heaven.
Key verse: v. 24 ''And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.